Second Brain Secrets: The Apps Francesco D'Alessio Can't Live Without!
Channel: Tiago Forte
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Language: American English (original, creator captions)
[0:00] What could compel someone to review
[0:02] over 600 digital productivity apps? "Good question.
[0:05] It's a bit sad, to be honest."
[0:07] In this video, we'll find out about the four steps
[0:09] of Francesco D'Alessio's Second Brain, the system he used to
[0:13] build one of the world's leading productivity channels.
[0:16] "I was so obsessed and I was like, okay,
[0:19] there's something wrong with me", and the exact set
[0:21] of apps most important to his digital productivity empire.
[0:26] Let's now look at apps.
[0:28] I want to look at them through the lens of CODE.
[0:30] I use the term Capture tools, a category
[0:33] of software that specialized, really good at Capture.
[0:35] How do you think about capture tools in particular?
[0:37] I have used Evernote for a considerable part
[0:42] of my life, probably about eight years.
[0:45] Like, as you can see here, I pretty much
[0:47] sort anything in it that comes up
[0:49] everything from phone contracts to serial numbers.
[0:53] So here's a good example of one. Right.
[0:55] This is a health document I put in back in February.
[0:58] But basically what I try and do is I take
[1:00] a lot of notes on the reMarkable tablet and then
[1:03] I export it into Evernote with just forward email function.
[1:07] Evernote is that sort of backup resource for me.
[1:10] It evolved over time to become a filing cabinet.
[1:13] Anything that, say, for example, plans for like a holiday
[1:18] or medical information or things like that, I might need
[1:21] to share with a family member or maybe even just
[1:24] reference at a good time with files and stuff, tend
[1:27] to put it in Evernote.
[1:28] But now I'm about 80% committed to a new app
[1:31] call